SOME of the city’s poorest families were among those slapped with parking fines on the worst street to receive a ticket in Ballarat last year.

More fines were issued on Dawson Street South, between Sturt and Dana streets, than any other block in the city in 2013, according to an analysis of City of Ballarat traffic infringements by The Courier.

More than 1500 tickets were handed out on the block to drivers including clients of the St Vincent de Paul assistance centre next to St Patrick’s Cathedral.